Adiponectin, an adipokine that circulates as multiple multimeric complexes at high levels in
serum, has antidiabetic, anti-inflammatory, antiatherogenic, and cardioprotective properties …

Cardiovascular disease risk increases with age regardless of sex. Some of this risk is
attributable to alterations in natural hormones throughout the life span. The quintessential …

Micropost‐based microfluidic devices are widely used for microvascular network (MVN)
formation in diverse research fields. However, consistently generating perfusable MVNs of …

Obesity and related metabolic syndromes have been recognized as important disease risks,
in which the role of adipokines cannot be ignored. Adiponectin (ADP) is one of the key …

Label-free, three-dimensional (3D) quantitative observations of on-chip vasculogenesis
were achieved using optical diffraction tomography. Exploiting 3D refractive index maps as …

Background Iron excess is a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and it is important to
understand the effect of iron on vascular permeability, particularly for the transport of large …